Refill clip or holder



REFILL CLIP OR HOLDER Filed April 5. 1924 Patented Nov. 23, 192G.

UNIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. GOSS, OF VVA'I.IEIIRZBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, or WATERBURY, nEo'rIcUT.

Application filed. April 5,

This invention relates to certain improvements in refill clips or holders for the small boxes or cases for carrying cosmetics, and commonly known as vanity boxes.

These small boxes are largely used for carrying powder or rouge in compact form, and in popular types of these boxes the compacts are secured in the boxes in what are known in the art as refill clips or holders, the compacts being removably held in the clips, and the clips in turn removably held in the box. The compacts are brittle and easily damaged, and in boxes where a spring catch is used the movement of this catch is apt to injure the compacts, the compacts being usually made of substantially the interior area of the box.

It has been proposed to provide a clip having holding prongs which will engage with the side of the box, and additional prongs inset therefrom for engaging the edge of the compact so as to hold the compact away from the side of the box. lVhile these proposed boxes are effective in most circumstances for the purpose for which they are designed, it sometimes happens, particularly with heavy compacts or where the compacts are moulded into cups of metal or the like, that the compacts have a tendency to become dislodged from these inside holding clips, and being thus loose in the box liable to injury. It is the especial object of the present invention to provide an improved holder or clip which shall be so form-ed that the compact may be held therein away from the wall of the box, but which will act if the compact tends to loosen itself therefrom to engage the wall of the box and prevent the compact from freeing itself from the clip.

Vith this and other objects not specifically referred to, the invention consists of certain novel parts, arrangements, and combinations, which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

Referring now to these drawings,

Figure 1 is a top view of a box showing the improved clip, partly broken away, the cover of the box being open;

Figure 2 is an enlarged central vertical CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- REFILL CLIP on HOLDER.

1924. Serial No. 704,312.

section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, the box being shown as closed;

Figure 3 is a similar view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Figure t is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the compact carried on a plate instead of in a cup, as shown in the latter figure;

Figure 5 is a plan View of the improved clip, and

Figure 6 is a side view.

Referring now to these drawings, the clip may, of course, be used in boxes widely differing in form. As shown, the box is a two part box comprising a bottom member 1 and a cover 2, these parts being pivotally associated on a hinge 3. The bottom of the box, near its upper end, is inset to form a flange 4 and an abutment 5, this insetting flange producing an interior shoulder 5. The wall of the cover 2, when the parts are in closed position, have telescopic engagement with the flange 4:, abutting againstthe abutment 5, and the cover may, if desired, be provided with a mirror or other reflecting surface 6. In boxes embodying the inven' tion in its best form, however, the cover and the bottom will be united by a spring catch so as to insure them seating in closed relation when not in use. Such a catch is shown in the form of a metal strip 7, having a wing 8, carrying a projection 9, extending into a slit 10 cut in the flange 4: of the bottom, this catch being operated by a release 11.

The compact, which may be powder or rouge, is moulded into or on a support, which may be either a cup 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or a flat plate 18 of light metal, glass, or other suitable material. This compact in whichever form it may be used is supported in a box by means of the improved clip forming the subject of the present invention so that it may be removed from the clip and the clip may be removed from the box. While this specific form of clip may be somewhat Varied, the clip will include holding projections which engage with the wall of the box, and preferably under the shoulder thereof. The holder or clip will also include projections for engaging the compact carrier so as to hold the compact carrier free from the box, and these projections, furthermore, will be so shaped as to normally clear the wall of the box, but so that they will press into engagement with. the wall of the box on any tend ency of the compact carrier to free itself from the clip, which might happen with heavy compacts or where the compact carrier is a cup.

In the particular construction shown, the clip comprises an annulus of light spring metal, such as brass, marked Ll, this annulus being considerably less in diameter than the diameter of the box. This annulus is stamped with a pair of holding projections 15, which are bent upwardly and then in wardly to form a shoulder 16, which will take under the shoulder 5 in the flange l, before referred to, and removably hold the annulus in the box. While these holding projections may be varied in number, as desired, preferably two will be provided diametrically opposed to each other. The annulus is also provided with projections 17, which are struck on a shorter radius than the projections 15, so that they are inset therefrom. These projections are upwardly bent to form an angular corner 18, as indicated in Fig. l for instance; which receives the compact carrier and removably holds the carrier in the clip. While these projections may vary in number, as shown, there are preferably 4 conveniently grouped in sets of two on each side of the holding projections 15. These projections 17 are at their upper ends outwardly pointed, as shown at 19. These outwardly bent ends lie at substantially right angles to the upwardly bent portions of the projections 20, and these flattened ends extend toward the box walls so as to normally just clear the walls and not exert any pressure on the compact. If, however, owing to shaking the box around, the compact has a tendency to rise in the clip, the spring of the 520 will cause an engagement between the ends 19 and the wall of the box. he projections thus cannot yield any more and the coinpact is prevented from freeing itself from the clip.

While the clip has been shown and described in its preferred form, it is to be understood that variations in the number and arrangement of the prongs may be provided, and that the clip may be used in' boxes varying widely without departing from the invention as defined in the claims hereunto annexed.

Va hat I claim is:

1. In a vanity box, the combination of a compact holding compartment having a pcripheral flange, a reiill clip or holder having spaced projections formed with upturned ends engaging the flange to secure the clip in the box, and projections on the clip engaging a compact, said compact engaging projections having outturned ends of a slightly smaller radius than the flange, so as to normally be free of the flange but movable into engagement therewith on a movement of ti e compact in the clip so that the compact is held in the clip against accidental displacement, and a cover.

2. In vanity box, the combination of a compact holding compartment having a pcripheral shouldered flange, a reiill clip or holder having spaced projections formed with upturned ends engaging under the shoulcer, projections on the clip engaging a powder compact so as to keep it out of engagement with the flange, said compact en gaging projections having ends outturned at right angles to the body of the projections of a slightly smaller radius thanthe fian e, so as to normally be free of the flange but movable into engagement therewith on a movement of the compact in the clip so that the compact is held in the clip against accidental displacement, and a cover.

In a vanity box, the combination of a compact holding compartment having a peripheral flange, a refill clip or holder havine;

spaced projections formed with upturned ends engaging the flange to secure the clip in the box, projections on the clip engaging the compact, between which projections the compact and its base may be inserted vertically, said compact engaging projections 'ising from the base at an acute angle thereto and having outturned ends of a slightly smaller radius than the flange, so as to be normally free of the flange but movable into engagement therewith on a movement of the compact in the clip so that the compact is held in the clip against accidental displacement, and a cover.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

GEDRGE A. GOSS. 

